Following an impressive KO of Seth Baczynski in his octagon debut at UFC 162, Melancon is on the road to redemption after a submission loss to “The Ultimate Fighter 17″ winner Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fight Night 27. The hard-slugging fighter trains at Paradigm Training Center in Houston.

After winning “TUF,” Whittaker delivered an impressive post-show performance when he stopped “TUF 16″ winner Colton Smith. But he was outpointed by another “TUF” winner, season 11 winner Court McGee, in his most recent showing in the bout prior to Melancon’s at UFC Fight Night 27.

In addition to having fought side-by-side on the August card, Whittaker and Melancon have three losses each on their professional records.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?